Cowes based charity Little Brig Sailing Trust is to name its second tall ship CAROLINE ALLEN in a special dedication ceremony later this month in Cowes. The Trust use the world’s smallest tall ships to take young people out to share the fun of sailing…

YMCA Fairthorne Group has scooped a Lottery grant of £457,523 to fund a new service to support bereaved children on the Isle of Wight. The funding will allow YMCA Winchester House in Shanklin, to get the ‘Help2gGrieve’ scheme for young people off the ground…

Chris Packham, will be returning to the Isle of Wight to present his one man show – Never Mind The Buzzards. For wildlife TV presenter Chris, pooh, snot and worse are just everyday facets of animal life and he will be sharing this with an eager audience at the Medina Theatre in April…

Jools Holland and his full Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, featuring Gilson Lavis, are to make a long awaited return to Ryde Arena in April. Continuing to dazzle audiences in excess of 500,000 each year, organisers Green Eye Events are very pleased to have finally secured this date for the Isle of Wight…

Isle of Wight based organisations are being encouraged to apply for grants of between £2,500 – £120,000 to help provide fun-filled activities for disabled children. The funding is ‘Aiming High for Disabled Children’..

Vectis-Spurs are giving football enthusiasts the chance to meet 2 legends of English football as well as Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Ossie Ardiles & Micky Hazard will be visiting the Riverside Centre in April, to answer questions, pose for photographs and sign autographs…

The nation’s leading first aid charity St John Ambulance Isle of Wight is appealing for people to come forward with real-life stories of how first aid has helped them…

Bus travel will soon be safer, more efficient and easier to use under new Government proposals. Plans outline measures to improve services including a ban on the consumption of alcohol and proposals to allow local authorities to set maximum ticket prices for all…